. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 188 NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 2 75 I was unsuccessful in obtaining additional specimens of P. vexillaris, but after reexamination of the single specimen collected by Setzer from the Wadi Bey, its specific status is unequivocal in my opinion. Psammomys obesus Cretzschmar Psammomys obesus Cretzschmar, Riippell Atlas, 58, pi. 22, 1828 (near Alexandria, Egypt). General distribution of species. Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, and Algeria. Distribution in Libya. Coastal plain and littoral deserts of Cyrenaica and Tripolitani
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 188 NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 2 75 I was unsuccessful in obtaining additional specimens of P. vexillaris, but after reexamination of the single specimen collected by Setzer from the Wadi Bey, its specific status is unequivocal in my opinion. Psammomys obesus Cretzschmar Psammomys obesus Cretzschmar, Riippell Atlas, 58, pi. 22, 1828 (near Alexandria, Egypt). General distribution of species. Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, and Algeria. Distribution in Libya. Coastal plain and littoral deserts of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania. The range in Libya is doubtless much wider than the few collecting records indicate. Distribution of the subspecies in Libya. Psammomys obesus obesus. Cyrenaica: Coastal plain of north- eastern Cyrenaica. Psammomys obesus tripolitanus. Cyrenaica and Tripolitania: Coastal plain and littoral deserts of the Gulf of Sirte. Published records in Libya. Cyrenaica: Bou Cheifa (Thomas, 1902 [Psammomys tripolitanus]); El Agheila (de Beaux, 1932 [Psam-. Psammomys obesus I. obesus 2 tripolitanus Psammomys vexillaris 3. vexillaris Figure 41.—Distribution of Psammomys obesus and Psammomys Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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